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To: TimF who wrote (229259)	4/14/2005 6:00:47 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1573028

>>> How do you personally determine what a price "should be"? I don't. I just know it "should be" higher than it is now, because where it is now is insufficient to cause people to pursue alternatives. Perhaps it "should be" $8, perhaps $4. But at $2+/gallon nobody notices. People don't move to public transportation; they keep taking vacations, pretty much, life goes on. When gas is $8/gallon, and my gasoline is 4x as much as my car payment, I'm going to be thinking 19.5 mpg isn't quite enough for me. My point is that cheap gas (cheaper than much of the rest of the developed world) doesn't encourage conservation -- if you want conservation and alternative fuels you aren't going to get it without gas getting more expensive first.